and it will be for after the next general election in the uk. >> all right. keep an eye on that, as well. simon, thanks a lot, simon hobbs here at post nine. check on energy and commodities as well. jackie dean lice is at the nymex for us. >> the energy is looking higher. crude starting stronger and taking a turn after the equity markets opened. looking at wti hovering around the flat line. traders saying the key level to watch is 9420 and 9470. that range is a key resistance level. now keep in mind that today's high was 9429. so we broke through that point but no catalyst to keep us above that. meantime traders not expecting any meaningful move in crude prices ahead of wednesday's opec monthly report. also natural gas. we are seeing a rally today. some traders are saying this is a short squeeze while others are saying it's buying ahead of a six to ten-day period, we're going to see the temperatures get substantially colder. and last but not least i want to touch on metals. higher in both gold and silver but a move lower in copper. little bit of dollar streng